Planter.



D'. D. STEPHENS.

PLANTBR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1911. 1,1 31,01 3. Patented Mar. 9, 1915 e ey D. Siefhens THE NORRS PETERS CO.. FHOTO-LITHO. WSHINGION. D. C.

DEWEY D. STEPHENS, or AINswon'iH, Iowa.

PLANTEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Maffe, 1,9115".

Continuation in part of application Serial No. 394,860, led September 27, 1907. This` applicationled August 15, 1911.

T0 all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, DEWEY I). S'rErHENs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ainsworth, in the county of l/Vashington vided with three ground wheels and three seeder mechanisms each arranged adjacent to and preferably in advance of a ground wheel. The planter is therefore well adapted for use on uneven ground as each depositing mechanism ismaintained ata uniform depth by the adjacent ground wheel. Each ground wheel serves to cover the seeds deposited by one of the seeder mechanisms, and the forward ground wheel is connected to the tongue and serves as a steering device.

In my co-pending application for fifth wheel structure, led September 27, 1907, Serial No. 394,860, I have disclosed and claimed a mounting for the forward wheel of a planter inmany respects similar to that herein shown. I do not, therefore, claim as a part of my present invention the specific form of mounting for the forward wheel. In the said application I have also disclosed a relative arrangement of seeder devices and wheels similar to that herein disclosed, and as to that subject-matter this present application is therefore a continuation of my said application 394,860.

My co-pending application, Ser. No. 661,270, for check row mechanism for planters, filed November 20, 1911, relates to a planter provided with improved mechanism by means of which three triangularly arranged seeder devices can be intermittently operated under the control of a check row wire or an equivalent device. My copending application, Serial No. 661,271, for elevating mechanism for corn planters, filed November 20, 1911, relates to a planter provided with mechanism for simultaneously Serial No. 644,118. Y

raising and lowering threeseparate, triangularly arranged seeder devices. I do not,y therefore, claim as'parts of my present invention the three triangularly arranged seeder devices adapted tobe simultaneously.

or intermittently operated, nor do I claim` means for simultaneously raising and loweringv three triangularly arranged seeder devices. .i f

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side view of acorn planter embodying `my invention. Fig. j 2 is aplan view. l y f Referring to the drawings, F represents as a whole a planter frame which is sup-.

ported atlitsrearend upon the-rotatable 7o aXle 6 and the ground wheels 7. The forward part of the frame F is supported on the ground wheel 13. which is connected by means of the aXle 12 to the iifthwheel structure 10. Suitable connections between the adjacent the ends of the axle 12. The forward ends of the links 14, 14 are connected to the ends of the bar 15, preferably by means of slots 16, 16. By means of the construction which I have described, the wheel 13 is always maintained in substantially par- 90 allel relation to the tongue 17. lVhen the tongue is swung, the wheel is correspondingly swung to steer the planter. j

A secondary frame S is provided upon which are mounted three separate seeder devices 1, 1, and 2, each of which is provided with a seed boot 1a anda furrow opening runner 1b. Eachseeder device is locatedy closely adjacent one of the ground wheels and is preferably directly in advance thereof. The peripheries of the ground wheels are preferablyy beveled from each side inward and the wheels are therefore adapted to cover the seeds` deposited by the seeder ,i

The rear seeder devices 1, 1 are 105 devices. driven by means of a transverse seeder shaft 3 which receives its power by .means of a chain 5 from the axle 6.

A drafttongue 17 is suitably con- ,so

The forward seeder device 2 is driven `from a lshaft 2a which receives its power from the shaft 3 by means of a chain` 9.

3L is a transverse rock'shaft and mounted upon the ends of this rock shaft are forks 3b, 3b, each adapted to be'engaged by the tappets, of-a check row wire 3C. The transmission of power to the shafts 3 and 2a and to the lseeder devices 1, l,` and 2, is controlled through the clutch 3d by means of the oscillatory movement of the shaft 3a when one of the forks is engagedby the wire. The forward seeder device 2 is located a distance in advance of the devices l, 1, equal to the distance between the adjacent tappets of the wire, the mechanism 2 thus serving to da posit its seeds one hill in advance of the other devices.

It will Vbeobserved that my improvcd` planter is provided with. three triangularly arranged supporting wheels and that it will l therefore readily adapt itself to irregularities ofthe ground. Each seeder device bey i third forward wheel relieves the draft animals from the load 'which theyr are forced to carry when a two wheeled planter is used, and the mounting of this forward Wheel for oscillation about an axis behind the point of v connection of the tongue makes it possible set of seed boxes located in triangular relal a single `steering wheel, a :movable l draft tongue, an operating connection between tongue and tliesteering wheel, and a seed box located in advance of said singlesteering wheel.

et. In a cornplanter.; of thekind described,

a pair of driving wheels, a seed box in front L of each driving wheel,a fifth wheel, and: a ;I

i in advance `of the driving wheels,l and a seed i steering wheel mounted in said fifth wheel box located in advance of the steering iwheel.

5. In a. three row corn planter, a pair of ff driving wheels spacedl ay distance equal to` twice the distance between two adjacent atelyl in advance eof yeach of said wheels a steering wheel carried in` advance of fthe driving wheels and positioned to travel overy the row intermediatethe rows covered by the driving wheels, and seed plantingmeans e i g rows to be planted, planting means inimediin front of said steering wheel wherebythe :Y

steering wheel also acts as a covering wheel. In testimony whereofy I hereunto aiiiX Imy signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

DEWEY i). sriaieiinns;4

lVitnesses Lnwis EVANS, Ml. L. MILLER.

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